Thandie Newton explains how she felt excluded from the Time's Up movement

“Westworld” star Thandie Newton said it was “very painful” to be excluded from Hollywood’s Time’s Up movement after years of speaking out against a casting director who sexually abused her. “When Time’s Up was put together, to not be invited to be a part of it, was very, very painful,” Newton told Australia’s Herald Sun newspaper. “It’s hard for me, as someone who has been talking about it for a long time. ... It’s lonely.” Newton talked about her experience with sexual abuse in an interview with W magazine in July 2016. She told the story to help others, she said in her interview with the Telegraph. Time’s Up, which started in 2017, has been a powerful initiative to fight sexual harassment and inequality. It’s been supported by many of Hollywood’s biggest names, including Emma Watson, Reese Witherspoon, Tracee Ellis Ross and Brie Larson.